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HealthPort To Participate In CMS esMD Gateway Pilot Program
Alpharetta, GA,
February 21, 2011:
HealthPort, an industry authority in the HIPAA-compliant transfer of protected health information and audit management technology,
today announced its involvement as the largest health information
handler (HIH) approved to participate in the test phase of the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) electronic submission of
medical documentation (esMD) gateway services for information exchange
from healthcare providers.
“HealthPort is uniquely positioned to experience healthcare’s
electronic vision first hand by offering healthcare providers an
innovative and streamlined electronic option for responding to
governmental medical record requests through the esMD pilot program,”
said Jonathan Arkin, Vice President of Business Development. As a
participant, HealthPort will utilize its technology for the secure
electronic transmittal of medical record requests by Recovery Audit
Contractors (RAC) and other federal Medicare and Medicaid related audit
requesters via the CMS esMD gateway, allowing providers the option to
respond to documentation requests through electronic data submissions
rather than by paper or CDs.
The esMD gateway is a CMS-developed delivery standard for compliance
with RAC requests, which will be expanded to other government audit
requests in the future and will potentially alleviate the need for
facilities to burn CDs (instead of mailing paper) and reduce postage
costs. “As the largest release of information services provider in the
country and the largest HIH selected to participate in the esMD pilot
program, this is a logical next step for us to be at the forefront of
evolving release of information services into an entirely electronic
process,” said Arkin. “We are excited to be a key contributor in this
opportunity to help providers realize financial efficiencies and ease
the administrative burden for providers and requesters.”
Click here to visit the CMS website for more information about CMS’s esMD gateway pilot program.
About HealthPort
HealthPort is the largest provider of release of information and the premiere choice for audit management technology.
With affordable, quality health information solutions, HealthPort
serves more than 10,000 healthcare facilities, over 44,000 physicians,
and fulfills over a million medical records requests each month.
HealthPort is changing the face of healthcare by combining knowledge,
technology and service to streamline the administrative and business
processes of the healthcare community. For more information, visit www.healthport.com or call 800-737-2585.
Point of Contact:
Hadiya K. Reynolds
Marketing Communications Manager
925 North Point Parkway, Ste. 350
Alpharetta, GA 30005
p. 770-689-3612 | f. 770-459-3130
Type: Press Release
Topic:
Healthcare Audits